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Collection Item: Verge Watch
Basic info
- Collection
- Social History
- Object name
- Verge watch
- Object category
- Working life
- Object subcategory
- Distribution, hotels, catering, retail and repairs
- Creators
- Smeaton, John (Watchmaker)
- Description
- Silver pair-cased pre-balance spring verge, the outer case with a hooked locking catch and the inner case with a rotating cover over the winding aperture and split bezel for glass.
- Production date start
- 1640
- Production date end
- 1660
- Period
- Stuart
- Charles I and Civil War
- Commonwealth
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : WC4
- Alternative number
- YORYM : YM424
- Number of objects
- 1
- Classification code
- 4.8792
- 4.484
- Classification scheme
- SHIC
- SHIC
- ID
- 45003207
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Silver (Case)
- Silver (Dial)
- Brass (Movement)
- Dimensions
- Back plate diameter 4.4 cm
Production
- Creators
- Smeaton, John (Watchmaker)
- Location
- York
